UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460

OFFICE OF

SOLID WASTE AND EMERGENCY

RESPONSE

MEMORANDUM

SUBJECT:	Selected Hazardous and Solid Waste Management Costs

FROM:	Ross Elliott, Environmental Protection Specialist

		Hazardous Waste Identification Division

		Office of Solid Waste

TO:		Mark Hartman, Chief

Regulatory Management Branch II

Office of Pesticide Programs

COPY:	Christina Piper, Program Analyst

		Economics, Methods, and Risk Assessment Division

		Office of Solid Waste

	Below are some unit costs for selected hazardous waste treatment and
disposal, and non-hazardous waste disposal.  All costs are in 2006
dollars unless otherwise noted.  I have included references for each of
these costs.  The ranges of costs for the two types of landfills are
relatively straightforward, and do not include transportation (thus the
true cost to a particular generator can vary depending on their distance
to the appropriate landfill).  For the hazardous waste management costs,
two types of treatment options are provided, and these include both the
identified treatment as well as subsequent disposal in a hazardous waste
landfill.  These are not necessarily the only methods by which a debris
waste (such as discarded wood treated with inorganic preservatives) must
be managed if it is subject to hazardous waste regulation, but were
selected as two technically-feasible options for this kind of waste
(i.e., a bulky organic matrix – wood – containing inorganic
constituents).  One is incineration followed by stabilization and
landfilling of the ash.  The other is macroencapsulation, which is used
for hazardous debris and includes landfill costs.  Note also that the
mass of ash requiring stabilization after combustion is significantly
lower than the original amount of wood (estimated here to range up to 1%
of original wood mass).  If you have any questions please do not
hesitate to contact me at 703-308-8748 or Christy Piper at 703-306-1013.

C&D (Construction and Demolition) Debris Landfill Costs 

$25 - $58 per ton

MSW (Municipal Solid Waste) Landfill Costs

$26 - $75 per ton

Incineration and Stabilization Costs (2004 dollars)

$376 - $767 per ton (incineration cost)

$109 - $211 per ton (treatment cost of ash)

Ash is estimated to be up to 1% of weight of the wood

Total = $376 - $770 per ton

Macroencapsulation

$176 - $234 per ton 

		

 Bush, Robert J. et al. Construction and Demolition Landfills and Wood
Pallets—What’s Happening in the U.S. March 1997. 

 Repa, Edward.  NSWMA’s 2005 Tip Fee Survey.  March 2005.

 Hazardous Waste Resource Center.  May 2004 Incinerator and Landfill
Cost Data.   HYPERLINK "http://www.etc.org/costsurvey8.cfm" 
http://www.etc.org/costsurvey8.cfm   accessed on November 17, 2006.    

 Ibid.

 National Association of Conservation Districts, Forest Resource
Committee. ” Primer on Wood Biomass for Energy.”   HYPERLINK
"http://forestry.nacdnet.org/biomass/WoodBiomass.htm" 
http://forestry.nacdnet.org/biomass/WoodBiomass.htm   accessed on
November 17, 2006. 

 Economics Background Document supporting the Hazardous Waste Listing
for Chlorinated Aliphatic Production Wastes, Final Rule. September 2000.
  HYPERLINK
"http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/chlorali/ca_ebd.pdf" 
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/chlorali/ca_ebd.pdf 

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